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Texas Enacts Social Media Censorship Law to Benefit Anti-Vaxxers & Spammers

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

Florida made a splash enacting its social media censorship bill SB 7072 , only to have a federal district court immediately enjoin it. the Texas legislature tried to one-up Florida with HB 20 , its own social media censorship bill. Undeterred by Florida’s futility (and perhaps envious of it?),

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Privacy Tip #317 – Social Media Fraud Increased in 2021

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently released data showing that more than 95,000 consumers reported losses totaling $770 million from fraud schemes that started on social media. That is a staggering amount of money lost by consumers and is a significant increase from losses of $258 million reported in 2020.

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Social Links: Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement…but is it?

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Social Links is our ongoing series here at Socially Aware that rounds up current developments at the intersection of social media, policy, research, and the law. Embedding social media posts can be considered copyright infringement.but is it?

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Privacy Tip #389 – FTC Outlines Top Scams in 2023

LexBlog IP

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) keeps track of scams that are reported to it and summarizes those scams in a report outlining the most successful scams of the prior year. Old scams are continuing to be profitable for fraudsters, as the amount of money scammers obtained from victims last year was the most reported to the FTC ever.

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The California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Enjoined

IP Tech Blog

On September 18, 2023, NetChoice, LLC — a national trade association with members from the tech and social media industry — obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court for the Northern District of California preventing the State of California from enforcing the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“AADC” or the “Act”).

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Muddy Waters Ahead for Clearview AI

IPilogue

muddies the waters again, challenging orders from privacy authorities in British Columbia and testing current Canadian privacy law. In February 2021, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (“the Commissioner”) released a report on Clearview AI, Inc. Facial recognition software company Clearview AI, Inc. Accountability.

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Instagram Threads: Consumers Exposed to Impersonation Profiles & Counterfeits

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Millions across the globe have flocked to Instagram Threads – the newest social media platform on the block. As with Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and other social media platforms, businesses must be wary of bad actors targeting their brands and consumers with fake products and scams.